Lot Essay
Louisville Slugger 125 model bat measures 35" long and weighing 32 ounces with model H4 stamped on knob end. Barrel area displays rare "All Star Game Philadelphia 1952" block lettering stampings flanking "Paige" name stamp. The bat displays definitive use including boned handle area, ground in soil on handle, several cleat marks, and bat contact marks. Satchel Paige game bats are by any measure the most elusive and scarce of any post-war Hall of Fame player. Hillerich & Bradsby factory records indicate that less than twelve total bats were ever sent to Paige with two of that group being the 1952 All-Star Game specimens (other resides in private collection). Satchel Paige game used artifacts are so scarce that examples of quality number in the single digits for any type. Elite scarcity presenting a generational collecting opportunity. Includes LOA from PSA/DNA: EX